JULY 24, 2025
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BERLIN • NORTH WORCESTER COUNTY• OCEAN PINES
It’s a bird, it’s a tree, it’s an OP cell tower Proposed cell service plan would disguise tower as part of natural tree cover
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FISHING WINNERS The Ocean Pines Anglers Club hosted a record 97 young anglers at the 29th Annual Art Hansen Memorial Youth Fishing Contest last Saturday at the South Gate Pond at Veterans Park in Ocean Pines. The contest was divided into three age groups — 4-7, 8-11, 12-16 years old — with trophies awarded for biggest fish in each age group and special awards for the top three and most fish. Over 100 fish were caught. All registrants received a gift bag compliments of the Anglers Club and the Ocean City/Berlin Optimist Club. Pictured, front from left, are ages 4-7 division top finishers Tayde Brown (most fish) and largest fish winners third place Carson Newton, second place Veronica Steele and first place Dasey Koons; ages 8-11 division top finishers Reid Landis and Lorenzo Torrz (tie for most fish) and largest fish winners third place Tyler Musser, second place Zoe Duncan and first place Reid Landis.; and, back from left, ages 12-16 division leaders Carma Jean Valdez (most fish) and largest fish division winners third place Lincoln Towers, second place Larenzo Gargiard and first place Daniel Baer.
Mixed-use project proposed for town Burley Building envisions HQ, housing, commercial space in phased project By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 24, 2025) Burley Building Company, a Berlin-based construction business, is looking to create a
multi-phase mixed-use project in its hometown to include the business’s headquarters, additional commercial space and employee housing. The Berlin Planning Commission reviewed the project’s conceptual site plan at its meeting on Wednesday, July 16. The commission expressed its approval for the initiative. As next steps, Burley Building Company
(BBC) will outline the items and work to be completed in each of the two intended phases. Nate Reister, BBC’s president, came before Berlin’s Planning Commission last week, presenting the business’s phased structural project to be located at 9933 Old Ocean City Boulevard. See BURLEY Page 6
By Tara Fischer Staff Writer (July 24, 2025) Ocean Pines residents will have the opportunity to hear from project representatives at a town hall meeting next week, where they will detail the proposed wireless cell tower for the wooded community. Ocean Pines is hosting a virtual town hall on Monday, July 28, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to discuss a potential structure in Ocean Pines that could alleviate poor cell phone reception. According to a press release issued by the Ocean Pines Association, at- A proposed cell tower is designed to fit in tendees at the with surroundings and meeting include look like a tall tree. representatives from Milestone Towers, the contractor responsible for the tower’s construction, and Verizon Wireless, a carrier already on board to offer its services from the site. The town hall will allow OPA residents to hear directly from representatives about Milestone Towers’ proposal to build a 130-foot monopole, along with equipment to operate the facility. If approved, officials hope that the structure will remedy See TOWN HALL Page 4
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